{"id":3135,"date":"2014-08-30T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T23:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2017-04-15T16:22:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T23:22:59","slug":"new-quotes-added-shakespeare-saki-sinclair-lewis-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/new-quotes-added-shakespeare-saki-sinclair-lewis-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Quotes Added – Shakespeare, Saki, Sinclair Lewis and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QuotesI’m thinking about literature this Labor Day weekend. \u00a0OK, who am I kidding? \u00a0One look at my numerous bookshelves shows that I’m always<\/em> thinking about literature.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the point is that I’ve added new quotes to the collection. \u00a0Here are my favorites. \u00a0Remember that\u00a0if you have a quote that you\u2019d like to see added,\u00a0you can contribute a quote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span>The Return of the King<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a><\/p>\n

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span>Emma<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Jane Austen<\/a><\/p>\n

Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
\nI could set my ten commandments in your face.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span>Henry VI, Part Two<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>William Shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span>Reginald<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Saki<\/a><\/p>\n

He had, in fact, got everything from the church and Sunday School, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span>Elmer Gantry<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Sinclair Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Call of Cthulhu<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0H. P. Lovecraft<\/a><\/p>\n

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